Police probe suspicious death of Brazilian influencer Boneca Desumana

Brazilian influencer Bárbara Jankavski, 31, known online as Boneca Desumana and often called the Human Barbie, was found dead on November 2 in a townhouse in the Lapa neighborhood of São Paulo, authorities said. Police registered the death as suspicious and opened an investigation, requesting necropsy and toxicology tests to determine the cause.

According to a police report, a 51-year-old lawyer who lives at the property told investigators he had hired Jankavski for sexual services and that the two had used illicit substances during the encounter. He said the influencer began coughing, later fell asleep while they watched television and was unresponsive when he checked on her. The man said he attempted cardiopulmonary resuscitation for about nine minutes before calling emergency services. Paramedics confirmed Jankavski’s death at the scene in the evening.

Officers reported that Jankavski’s body was found wearing only underwear, with a lesion on her left eye and marks on her back. A friend of the man, who had been at the house earlier in the day and left before the death, told police she saw Jankavski slip and fall around 4 a.m., which she said could explain the eye injury....